Comparison

Achromatic! vs Take The King!

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Achromatic!

A minimalist puzzle game where you connect dots of the same color to achieve a single cohesive hue. Strategically draw lines, utilizing unique dot properties to solve increasingly complex levels. Enjoy a relaxing soundtrack and a smooth difficulty curve with bonus challenges.

Highlights
  • Connect same-colored dots
  • Unique dot properties
  • 60 handcrafted levels
  • 10 bonus levels
  • Color blind mode
  • Original soundtrack
Features
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Achromatic is a minimalist puzzle game about connecting dots in order to transform them all to one cohesive color. Draw a straight line between two dots of the same color to paint the dots between them. However, you can only change dots of one color at a time. You'll quickly encounter unique dots with exciting properties. For example the square dot lets you change the direction of your line, or the triangle dots are synchronized such that changing one of them changes all of them. Achromatic features an original and relaxing sound track to accompany its polished minimalist aesthetic. Its smooth difficulty curve will teach you the mechanics and gently ease you into more difficult levels. All levels were carefully designed by hand to ensure the best puzzling experience possible. For those craving a challenge, bonus levels are available after beating the game to really test your logic skills. Features: • 60 handcrafted level plus 10 challenging bonus levels • Unique dots with special properties • Supports both vertical and horizontal orientation • Color blind mode

About

Take The King!

A unique puzzle game that reimagines chess rules on a crumbling battlefield. Guide the King through dozens of challenges and restore balance to the kingdom by solving intellectual puzzles.

Highlights
  • Reimagined chess rules
  • Unique chessboard mechanics
  • Dozens of puzzles
  • Quest for the King
  • Secondary objectives for bonuses
Features
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The august chessboard crumbles. The millennia-old battlefield, foundation of all laws, has been desecrated. Is the era of symmetrical confrontations over? How to govern a crumbling kingdom? How to restore the balance of all things? First victim of this cataclysm, will the brave King be able to survive in his quest for great harmony? Concept Take the King! is a puzzle game based on the rules of chess, reimagined to offer original intellectual challenges. While your pieces move normally, the chessboard is anything but standard, and you have a variety of goals. * Help the King on his great quest. * Try to solve dozens of puzzles the game offers you. * Complete secondary objectives to unlock bonuses.

Screenshots

Achromatic!4 screens
Take The King!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Take The King! at 100% against Achromatic!'s 38%. Take The King! also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 9 months). Achromatic!'s advantage is price ($2.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Achromatic! costs $2.99 and Take The King! $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Achromatic! ships an update every 9 months, Take The King! every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Achromatic! versus Take The King!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAchromatic!Take The King!
Price$2.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.3 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews38.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB190 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNick CarneyTyGAMES

Customer experience

Achromatic!

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive38.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative54.0%

Take The King!

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Achromatic!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App stuck on loading screen
  • Three circling dots issue
  • Subscription glitch

Requested features

5 requests
  • More levels/content
  • Hint button
  • Skip button
  • Color blind support
  • Night shift mode

Take The King!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Achromatic!

No in-app purchases

None

Take The King!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Achromatic! free?
Achromatic! costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Take The King! free?
Take The King! costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Achromatic! or Take The King! have ads?
Neither Achromatic! nor Take The King! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Achromatic! or Take The King!?
Achromatic! ships an update every 9 months, and Take The King! every 5 days. Most recently, Achromatic! was updated on November 2, 2026 and Take The King! on November 4, 2026.

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